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I had a problem with my brakes 3 weeks ago while 400kms away from home up in the mountains on a trip with our local 4 wheel drive club. My passanger side brake caliper seized up. We made it off the trail and to the autoparts store 20 minutes before they closed. We changed the caliper in the parking lot and blead the brake lines. We thought everything would be ok. Turns out after changing the caliper the brake pedal would go straight to the floor but I would get a hard pedal if I pumped the brakes about 10 times. Once I let my foot off the pedal for more than a few seconds, it would just go straight to the floor. It was the weekend and the autoparts store was closed the next day so we either had to park it, get it towed or try and drive it. Luckily we had our CB's so my friends drove about half a mile in front through the mountains and told us of all the speeds and turns. I started pumping the brakes long before the corners to slow down. It was an interesting drive. When we got back and I had it looked at, it turns out we blew the master cylinder while bleading the brake lines. My buddy (also my mechanic) told me that when bleading brake lines if you let the pedal go all the way to the floor, especially on older, more used brake cylinders you can blow the master cylinder. The piston inside the master cylinder is used to moving only a certain distance and when you push the pedal right to the floor, that piston moves past it's normal spot and blows the seals inside the master cylinder. Mabye this is what has happened to your brakes.
edited by: Craig, May 24, 2003 - 07:09 PM[addsig]
